21 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    22 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    21 March 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS1 - MPS2

What skills and experience we're looking for

The ideal candidate will:

  • Have initiativeand ambition to lead and inspire staff and challenge and motivate our pupils

  • Establish and maintain high standards

  • Bring the curriculum alive through inspirational learning

  • Have the ability to think outside of the box

  • Believe in creating strong, positive relationships with the pupils, developing them personally, socially, emotionally and academically.

  • Have a commitment to personal and professional development

What the school offers its staff

This school offers:

  • A permanent Teaching role

  • A strong and visionary leadership

  • An outstanding curriculum from EYFS to Year 11

  • Our recent Ofsted inspection confirmed that we an outstanding school

  • Excellent CPD opportunities for all levels and interests

  • Staff Wellbeing: a genuine focus on staff wellbeing

  • Pupils who are motivated and keen to learn

Further details about the role

KEY STAGE 2 TEACHER

Full time

Current Salary Range £31,650 - £33,483

within the Main Pay Range - ECT1 or ECT2

Permanent

Start Date: September 2025

Closing date: 9am Tuesday 22 April 2025

Interview date: Friday 25 April 2025

NB: we advise applying promptly for this post as we reserve the right to close and interview early if sufficient suitable applications have been received.

Are you an outstanding and inspirational Key Stage 2 teacher looking for a new challenge? Is it important to you to work in a school with strong and visionary leadership?

If so, then apply today to become part of a fantastic team at Cavendish Education Trust working across all the Trust schools. The Primary Phase is looking for a highly motivated, committed professional who is passionate and enthusiastic to join in the continued development and success of our exciting all-through status. If you have the skills, drive and enthusiasm this could be the perfect role for you.

The job role consists of:

  • Having responsibility for teaching in Key Stage 2

  • Taking responsibility and be accountable for pupil attainment and achievement, by tracking pupils progress and supporting individual pupils’ learning needs

  • Ensuring that high standards of behaviour and respect are evident throughout the Primary Phase supporting colleagues in line with school policies and practice.

  • Supporting the Head of Primary to secure a high quality learning experience

  • Setting high expectations for all pupils through aspirational target setting

Leaders in this school have created a positive and productive teaching and learning environment where staff have creative autonomy and feel well-supported. The whole community is involved in all aspects of school life and the school has excellent relationships with parents and carers.

If you would like to join a school with a great focus on creating an inclusive environment and where children are empowered to be their best, then please apply. You will join a team of dedicated and caring staff in establishing outstanding teaching, learning and progress for all our children.

Please download the application form and further details from our website.

https://cet.uk/vacancies/

We look forward to receiving your application by email, for the attention of Mrs Melanie Hopkins, PA to the Executive Headteacher. hr@cet.uk

Please note that we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expect all those who work with us to share this commitment. This post is subject to an EnhancedDBS checkwith the Disclosure & Barring Services (previouslythe Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process please go towww.gov.uk/crb-criminal-records-bureau-check. We give high priority to promoting diversity throughout the trust


Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@cet.uk

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About The Cavendish School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 16
Education phase
Through
School size
1375 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
hr@cet.uk
Phone number
01323 731340

The Cavendish School is a popular co-educational Academy, catering for the 2-16 age range, which has had a Specialist Status in the Arts since 2002. We have a planned admission number of 60 in each year group in the primary phase and 180 for each year group in the secondary phase.

Arranging a visit to The Cavendish School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@cet.uk.

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